The Yellowstone Park 
mountains. An ideal bighorn country is 
found in the Absaroka Range, where the bare 
rocky slopes are interspersed with patches 
of nutritious grasses. The size of their bands, 
the frequent well-worn trails over the barren 
rocks,) and: the ;oceumence’ of sheep “sign” 
everywhere, indicate conditions suitable to 
sheep life. The head waters of the Stinking 
Water and Thoroughfare Creek are among 
their favorite haunts. In the higher regions of 
the Gallatin they may occasionally be seen, 
and, indeed, this may be said of the summits 
of most of the peaks throughout the Park. 
They are an agile, wary, keen-scented animal, 
and apparently never so happy as when on 
the jump. Next to the elk, they are probably 
most sought by the horn-hunters and game- 
butchers ; but with a little protection, and only 
half a show, they are abundantly capable 
of taking care of themselves. 
That buffalo were among the animals in- 
habiting the Yellowstone Park was known in 
the early days of its history; and that inde- 
fatigable explorer and former superintendent 
of the Park, Colonel P. W. Norris, soon recog- 
nized the need of protection for them if their 
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